Things from your childhood that would baffle young people of today
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Sliverfox
Well-known Member
^^ I hated those!
Yes!
I remember my mom having a few of these old jobbies, too.
Sanitary panties.
I never did go down the sanitary panties path, the old-fashioned oversized bulky pads were bad enough.
Ruby Rose
Location: Canadian Prairies
you were lucky...all I had was an old white sheet torn into strips and safety pins!Yes!
I remember my mom having a few of these old jobbies, too.
Sanitary panties.
I never did go down the sanitary panties path, the old-fashioned oversized bulky pads were bad enough.
Not fun.
Instead of safety pins that could (and occasionally did pop open), we used diaper pins.
Of course you did!
Ruby Rose
Location: Canadian Prairies
Never did have actual diaper pins...only good old safety pins...in fact it was my older brother that saw my problem...told me all about it and he went to Mom who was always so busy with everyone and everything and she told him to rip up the old sheet and pass it on to me....'twas the good old days. My brother taught me and the others a lot things. Sure lucky he was around.Of course you did!
JonDouglas
Senior Member
- Location
- New England
There are so many: Playing mumbelty-peg with your frog sticker, stoking and banking the fire in your coal furnace for the night, canning vegetables, darning socks, playing "kick the can", adjusting the TV antenna rotator, using a Captain Midnight secret decoder ring, etc. etc.
Pappy
Living the Dream
- Location
- Florida (transplanted New Yorker.)
Playing Mother May I.
Kick the can.
Hopscotch
Skipping stones
Returning bottles for movie money.
Kick the can.
Hopscotch
Skipping stones
Returning bottles for movie money.
terry123
Well-known Member
- Location
- Houston, Tx.
Remember all of those!
RadishRose
SF VIP
- Location
- Connecticut, USA
It also meant a car's transmission, lol.
RadishRose
SF VIP
- Location
- Connecticut, USA
Dodge ball
Giant steps
Red light
Giant steps
Red light
How I loved dodge-ball!
We played it all the time in elementary school, even had red balls like these.
CinnamonSugar
A Quiet American
Carbon paper
ProTruckDriver
🔶 Cancer Warrior 🔶 USN Retired 1969-1992
- Location
- Virginia Beach Area
Yuck! I remember eating that as a kid.
RadishRose
SF VIP
- Location
- Connecticut, USA
Not me!Yuck! I remember eating that as a kid.
The stuff we used to eat was called Prem.Yuck! I remember eating that as a kid.
I remember my mom grating sweet pickles into the Prem and making sandwiches for our school lunches.
Also remember eating it lightly fried.
tbeltrans
Senior Member
OK, I'll play the "get off my lawn" card...
The question:
The answer:
The ability to think and speak in coherent sentences.
Though I don't honestly believe that due to the number of intelligent and aware young people I have met, I figured it needs to be said in a thread such as this just for good measure. Now, GET OFF MY LAWN, KID!
Tony
The question:
Things from your childhood that would baffle young people of today
The answer:
The ability to think and speak in coherent sentences.
Though I don't honestly believe that due to the number of intelligent and aware young people I have met, I figured it needs to be said in a thread such as this just for good measure. Now, GET OFF MY LAWN, KID!
Tony
ProTruckDriver
🔶 Cancer Warrior 🔶 USN Retired 1969-1992
- Location
- Virginia Beach Area
We had a few of these Milk Vending Machines in our neighborhood that sold half gallon cartons of milk for 20 cents a half gallon. I remember my parents would give me a quarter to get milk. The machine would give me a nickel back. I'd take the milk home then hit the candy store. In those days a nickel bought a lot of candy.
Yeah; called Prem in Canada but Spam elsewhere. I too liked it fried or cooked over a campfire when I was a kid. Cheap and cheerful food product. Haven't had it in decades. Don't even know if it's still around.The stuff we used to eat was called Prem.
I remember my mom grating sweet pickles into the Prem and making sandwiches for our school lunches.
Also remember eating it lightly fried.
It's odd how food product names, and actual ingredients, in Canada are often different elsewhere even though the same company makes the item world wide. Take Kraft Dinner for instance. That's the Canadian name but in the US it's called Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. In taste test comparisons (You Tube), it seems the Canadian version is better tasting. It's all in the cheese powder
Anyway, I digress .... back to thread topic
Loved that , mum fried these in batter MmmmmThe stuff we used to eat was called Prem.
I remember my mom grating sweet pickles into the Prem and making sandwiches for our school lunches.
Also remember eating it lightly fried.
We called it spamThe stuff we used to eat was called Prem.
I remember my mom grating sweet pickles into the Prem and making sandwiches for our school lunches.
Also remember eating it lightly fried.